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While the spring 2017 ready-to-wear shows just wrapped in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, there’s still more across the world worthy of checking out. Cue Tokyo, the fashion capital known for cutting edge designs that mix tradition with futurism and eccentricity with simplicity, all while redefining typical styles and setting unique trends.

Diversity in fashion seems like one of the industry’s longest running battles; it feels like every season, we discuss how much progress has been made and how much more we need to see. For the spring 2017 shows in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, this season proved to be the most diverse yet. But let’s not get too excited just yet. There’s still quite a lot of progress to be made.

There’s so much out there in terms of fashion, and it’s up to today’s designers to provide women with choices, whether it’s a character she could become via a brand’s propositions or a message that a collection presents. Sure, sometimes the clothes are left to speak for themselves. But in that case, the pieces should carry the strength of re-presenting typical garb.